[Troublemakermk4]

Hello my question is witch carriers are the head carriers and witch are the daughter carriers/partnerships ??
I was wondering witch one those are ???

I have heared that's are VERIZON and VODAFONE

because i have seen that (on tv) last year with the formula 1 in austin texas with the VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES F1team
that's had with that's race a VERIZON sponsorship on the car

So i was wondering is there more carriers or partnerships ???

here in the netherlands are
KPN, HI and telfort the same
and T-MOBILE and SIMPEL.NL

so my question was is there more of those partnerships in the usa,canada or the rest of the world

[raino]

Deutsche Telekom is the parent company of T-Mobile USA, and EE UK (T-Mobile UK+Orange UK), and other worldwide carriers.
Koodo Mobile is a subsidiary of Telus Mobility (Canada)
Fido is a subsidiary of Rogers Wireless (Canada)
Virgin Mobile Canada is a subsidiary of Bell Mobility
TracFone Wireless (U.S. provider) is an almost-fully owned subsidiary of América Móvil (Mexican company)

These are the ones I can think of right now.

Edit: here's one more. MetroPCS was acquired by T-Mobile USA.

[Dapper37]

Vodafone holds 40% of Verizon. And operates in most regions of the world through partnerships. The world's largest carrier I believe.

[JR A]

Sprint has Boost Mobile.

Outside of that, all other "minor" carriers in the US are considered MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) which essentially means a separate company provides the brand service, but utilizes one of the Big 4's network for actual voice/text/data. Every MVNO I can think of is pay-as-you-go/prepaid/no-contract (at least in the US).

For instance, Virgin Mobile USA is a subsidiary of Virgin, but they utilize Sprint's network. Virgin Mobile USA would be considered the MVNO.

SimpleMobile uses TMobile's network (which I believe is owned by TMo but is suppose to sell it off to TracFone).

Cricket uses Sprint's network.

And I believe Straight Talk uses a all four of Verizon, Sprint, T-Mo and AT&T's networks.

Page Plus uses Verizon.

There are dozens more MVNO's in the US, but those are the main ones.